Willie Nelson Version
| "City of New Orleans" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Willie Nelson | ||||
| from the album City of New Orleans | ||||
| Released | July 1984 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | October 1983 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 4:52 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Writer(s) | Steve Goodman | |||
| Producer | Chips Moman | |||
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Steve Goodman won a posthumous Grammy Award for Best Country Song at the 27th Grammy Awards in 1985 for Willie Nelson's version, which was included on his 1984 album of the same name. It reached #1 on both the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in the United States and the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.
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